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Vegas bartenders, cooks, housekeepers, kitchen workers, porter, cocktail and food servers and bellmen employed at 34 properties are getting ready to vote on a citywide strike as contracts are set to expire next week. https://goo.gl/17RqKi ... See more

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of casino workers in Las Vegas whose contracts expire next week were preparing to vote on whether to authorize a strike, a move that could leave

We are excited to announce our endorsement of Ben Jealous for governor. Jealous has spent his life in the trenches fighting for racial and economic justice. As governor he will fight for the priorities that matter to working families. ... See more

The Supreme Court says employers can prohibit their workers from banding together to complain about pay and conditions in the workplace. The justices ruled 5-4 Monday, with the court's conservative members in the majority, that businesses can force employees to individually use arbitration... ... See more

The GOP's tax bill got rid of the tax deduction for union dues. Sen. Bob Casey is trying to bring it back https://goo.gl/r6rZhw

Working people lost a major tax deduction last year when the Republican tax bill was signed into law. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania wants to bring it back and extend it to even more working families, but the measure faces an uphill battle in Congress. ... See more

The campaign is the product of the State Policy Network (SPN), an alliance of 66 think tanks spread across the country. The documents include a "toolkit" in which SPN offers "advice to its followers on how to go about fomenting 'union reform'—a euphemism for draining unions of members and cash," the Guardian reports. The toolkit also outlines four "tactics" for depleting union power, including the opt-out direct-marketing campaign. https://goo.gl/CFNRcu ... See more

One labor leader said the effort makes clear that the landmark Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case is "brought by wealthy forces to eliminate worker voice and power"